Don Wildman

Ends up being great for tourism, but in this political situation, foreign interests are going to use that vulnerability to their own benefit.

Where does the U.S.

government come down on this situation?

Right.

Yeah, I want to really underscore Grover Cleveland's role in this.

We're talking about 1893.

This is the first of his two terms that he ends up doing.

He is opposed to international expansion, and that's an important point at this point in American history.

There are those who do want us to stay home, don't get into foreign affairs.

He ends up launching an investigation into this overthrow.

It ends up with a report, the Blunt Report, which—

establishes that there's an overthrow carried out by an improper U.S.

involvement.

All those interests.

American officials abuse their authority.

The queen was unlawfully deposed.

At this point, Queen Lillia would have thought, good, my strategy worked out.

They're going to reverse all of this.

But why doesn't that happen?

That's a tricky chess game, isn't it?